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WILLIAM KING, OF NEW YORK.4 N. Y.

L'eum Paten: No. 75,928, and Mms 24, 186s.

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De it known that I, WILLIAM KING, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ladies FurCollars; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to tho accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon. A Y

Tho nature of my inventionconsists in using a spring encircling the neck, in .combination with two other springs or stays extending down -th-e front of the coller to give it the required shape, and prevent its becoming detached from the neck of the wearer. l t

Description of Drawings. Y y

Figure 1 is a front view of a head and bust `with the collar attached to show its position in use.

Figure2 is a front elevation of the springs and their attachments as they are constructed before being inserted into the collar.

` Letters of Reference.

A is the spring, which is inserted into the'upper part of the collar, between the lining end outside, or fur, ut a suitable distance from tho edge of the collar toA prevent its interferingr with or chilling the neck which it eneirclos. v B B are two springs, ivhichfarehingedor otlnrnise attached to'the ends of' the spring K as seen at a a in iig. The springs B B aro provided with buttons, and slots to receive them, as seen at b b in Eg. 2. In manufacturing, the collar is' formed substantially the same as ordinary ones, except that theA lining is not sown to the fur until the springs have been inserted, thus securing the springs in place when the lining is secured to the fur. v

The spring'A is made suficientlystiff to close round the neck and hold the collar close up to the neck. thus producing a better and closer tit about tho neck than could be rnadcon the old plnn, and still be comfortable to the wearer, while the springs B I] prevent the collar froxnn'rinkling or curling up, and at' the sam'e time press the collar down against the bust, thus making a complete and comfortable fit, and when the buttons are inserted into the slots provided to receive them, (as seen :it b b in fig. 2,) make itInext to impossible for thc collar to become detached from the neck unless voluntarily removed.. The spring A may be made of any required 'form or metal, but I prefer to make it of round steel nire, as the cheapest material and most convenient form.

I also prefer to make the springs B D substantially the same as those used to fasten the fronts of ladies corsets, and, like them, provided with buttons and slots, as seen at b b, before referred to; they may, however, be made of any required form or metal that may be most convenient or preferable. 4 .f

The collar may he held in position without the use of the buttons and slots before referred to, as they are only intended to render the collar moro secure from Joss by becoming detached .from tho neck. Tho vspring A .alone holds the eoilarmorc secure on the neck than the old style of buttons and loops, seen in iig 1`.-

In placing the collar on thcneek, each side of the front of the collar is taken' in cach hand n nd carried in opposite directions, by which means thespriug A is straightened out snieiently tp allen' the endsv to pass the neck, after u'hich the side: are released, and the springs A and B B immediately return to ltheir respective positions, and close the collar around vthe neck and bust. 'Y

Having thus fully described my invention, what I desire to claim, and secure by Letters Patent, is- The combination of the spring A and tho springs or stays B B, ortheir equivalents, with a lady's fur collaT in the manner and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

` WM. KING.

Witnesses:

T1105. 1. Hon', Isaac II. IIow. 

